Pichet Klunchun bridges traditional Thai Classical Dance language with contemporary sensibility, while keeping the heart and wisdom of the convention. He trained in Thai Classical Mask Dance, Khon, from age 16 with Chaiyot Khummanee, one of the best Khon masters in Thailand. After receiving his degree in Thai Classical Dance at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, he pursued theater both as dance and choreographer at high-profile ceremonies of Asian Games in Bangkok 1998. Subsequently, he also worked with contemporary dance. Klunchun has earned domestic notoriety for his efforts in contemporizing Khon. He has recently participated in several intercultural performing arts programs as an international dance-choreographer in North America, Asia, and Europe. The Spirits of Maritime Crossing is an experimental short film that links Venice and Bangkok through the journey of a wandering spirit played by Marina Abramović. On her ghostly voyage, she searches for refuge and internal peace, encounters symbolic figures, and visits sacred places. Abramović emerges from San Michele in Venice, an intermediate realm that symbolizes the intersection between life and death. In Venice, the crowd draped in black encompasses the profound anguish of humanity: the pains of war, violence, and illness. By the enchanting banks of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, Abramović meets a shadow puppeteer who performs politically satirical scenes, alluding to the ongoing global conflicts. Prompted by the puppeteer and guided by a little monkey, Abramović starts a quest to find the Monkey Master. They navigate through the canals of Bangkok—the Venice of the East, and finally meet the Monkey Master at a Venetian Revival building. Abramović and the Monkey Master, played by Pichet Kluncun, then embarks on a pilgrimage through spiritual Bangkok. At the end of her transformative quest, Abramović realizes her soul has transcended her physical form and experiences a sense of relief. She returns to Venice and embraces solitude as she stands in the breeze of the maritime crossing, gazing at the sacred Santa Maria della Salute and gradually fading into ethereal realms.